For Legal &
Financial Professionals

Dr. Bensadon consults/collaborates with legal and financial professionals to protect their clients. This often includes independent, objective evaluations of client decision-making capacity (e.g., testamentary, contractual), related expert witness testimony, medical records review, & comprehensive report writing. He also provides continuing legal education and didactics that address the intersection of clinical, legal, ethical, and financial implications of our aging population.

Commercialization of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias -- conditions for which age generally remains the number one known risk factor -- and national emphasis on early detection and treatment of “mild” cognitive impairment, which data show is a concept more than a condition, further increase the risk of prematurely challenging older adults’ cognitive capacity. In 2017 Dr. Bensadon addressed this as part of a senior investor protection program. Read More. Recent FDA approval of monoclonal antibodies and the industry’s shift toward "pre-symptomatic" diagnosis and treatment based on biomarkers pose similar threats to clients’ autonomy and freedom. Psychological expertise and insight are inseparable from related complexity and essential to identify subtle cues and manage vulnerability relevant to guardianship, elder abuse, fraud, and exploitation, the most common perpetrator of which is often family and the most common type of which is often financial. Read More.

Increasing efforts by legal and financial industries are a step in the right direction and can only be strengthened by a collaborative team approach that includes clinical experience in psychology, medicine, and aging.

Dr. Bensadon also offers expert consultation regarding cognitive bias, social stereotyping, and their impact on professional behavior, with implications for employment law/workplace discrimination. Contact BMP&G to discuss these and other possible avenues of collaboration today.